World War 2 Vocabulary
Across
- 3. Reduction of armed forces and weapons
- 4. a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
- 6. the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
- 11. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
- 13. the process of assembling troops and supplies and making them ready for war
- 14. a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force.
- 15. hostility to or prejudice against Jews.
- 16. hopping A military strategy used during World War II that involved selectively attacking specific enemy-held islands and bypassing others
Down
- 1. camp Detention centers where more than 100,000 Japanese Americans were relocated during World War II by order of the President.
- 2. "Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939
- 5. A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.
- 7. a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage, as in wartime.
- 8. June 6, 1944 - Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops (the largest invasion force in history) stormed the beaches at Normandy and began the process of re-taking France. The turning point of World War II.
- 9. A governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
- 10. A policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war. Associated with Neville Chamberlain's policy of making concessions to Adolf Hitler.
- 12. 1941 law that authorized the president to aid any nation whose defense he believed was vital to American security